Eddie Vegas made a terrible mistake. Now he has to pay the price. After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious L.A. crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddie's ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon he beco
Nobody Move
โ Scribed by Philip Elliott
- Publisher
- Into the Void
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- California--Los Angeles., Los Angeles (Calif.
- ISBN
- 0221074155
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โฆ Synopsis
"Elliott has a real feel for comedic noir in the Elmore Leonard vein, and his debut novel screams cult classic" โ Booklist
Eddie Vegas made a terrible mistake. Now he has to pay the price. After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious L.A. crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddieโs ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon he becomes entangled with the clever and beautiful Dakota, a Native American woman fresh in the City of Angels to find her missing friendโsomeone Eddie might know something about. Meanwhile in Texas, ex-assassin Rufus, seeking vengeance for his murdered brother, takes up his beloved daggers one final time and begins the long drive to L.A. When the bodies begin to mount, Detective Alison Lockleyโs hunt for the killers becomes increasingly urgent. As paths cross, confusion ensues, and no oneโs entirely sure whoโs after who. But one thing is clear: Theyโre not all getting out of this alive.
Praise for Nobody Move
โA multifaceted series opener by a promising new voice in hard-boiled crime fiction. Fans of Elmore Leonard and Jim Thompson will find much to savorโ **
โ Kirkus Reviews* *
"a new spin on the genre" **
โ San Francisco Book Review* *
"makes reading fun again" **
โ US Review of Books* *
"impossible to put down" **
โKevin Wilson,NYT bestselling author of Nothing to See Here**
"fast-paced and chock full of interesting characters [and] chillingly delicious evil" **
โ IndieReader* *
"first class neo-noir" **
โ Murder, Mayhem & More**
"not a single dull moment" **
โ Online Book Club* *
"satire at its best" **
โ Readers' Favorite* *
"like Tarantino on the page . . . rushes at you from page one" **
โDietrich Kalteis, award-winning author of Poughkeepsie Shuffle* *
"Elliott has a gift for upholding momentum that never slows. The characterization is great, but itโs the high-octane action and a horde of twists along with tight plotting that make the book a winner" **
โ The Prairies Book Review* *
โฆ Subjects
California -- Los Angeles
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